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CIGAR CLIPPER Filed July 14, 1955 gmwo; Leo J. mls'n/ews/r/ United States Patent CIGAR CLIPPER Leo J. Wisniewski, Toledo, Ohio, assignor to Albert Jakubowski and Leo J. Wisniewski, Toledo, Ohio Application July 14, 1953, Serial No. 367,791

1 Claim. (Cl. 30-412) This invention relates to a cigar-clipper adapted to produce a V-shaped cut in the end of a cigar and has for its object a simplified construction, whereby the device is spring controlled and the simplified parts tied together by certain connecting means such as rivets serving dual purposes, one as a fulcrum for the cutting element, and another as a retaining means for the spring member. Another feature of the invention is a construction in which the spring forms a friction means whereby the cutting element is held primarily in closed position, but also in open position and can be easily operated.

Further objects and advantages are within the scope of the invention such as relate to the arrangement, operation and function of the related elements of the structure, to various details of construct-ion and to combination of parts, elements per se, and to economics of manufacture and numerous other features as will be apparent from a consideration of the specification and drawings of a form of the invention, which may be preferred, in which:

Figure I is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the invention;

Figure H is a vertical section taken along the line II-II of Figure I;

Figure III is a section through the cutting element taken on the line III-III of Figure II;

Figure IV is a view of a cigar tip, after being clipped by the device of the invention; and

Figure V is a perspective view similar to Figure I, but with the cutting element in closed position.

Referring to Figure I, the body of the device is composed of a pair of side walls 11, the end portions of which are bulged out to cooperate and form a bell or cup-shaped end section 12, adapted to receive the end of the cigar to be clipped.

Adjacent the body of the clipper of the cup-shaped section 12 has a transverse opening 13 adapted to allow a V-shaped knife 14 to be forced into cutting engagement with the cigar inserted in said cup-shaped section.

As shown in Figure H, the V-shaped knife 14 is carried on a movable lever or arm 15, said arm being fulcrumed on a pivot 16 which also fixes the two sides 11 of the body 10 together at this end of the clipper. The lever 16 is also provided with a fiat disc 17 on its outer end to allow the user to press thereon to force the edge of the knife 14 through the material of the cigar.

Located between the side walls 11 and attached thereto is a bottom plate and spacing member 18, carrying on its upper surface a hair-pin spring member 19, the latter being properly located in place by a pin 20, which pin 20 also cooperates with the pivot pin 16 in holding together the side walls 11 as well as the spacing member 18 all in fixed cooperative assembly with the arm suitably pivoted in the body 10 of the clipper, as shown.

An important feature of my invention is the provision of a specially shaped projection 21 provided on the lower or inner edge of lever 15 adjacent pivot 16, said projection 21 being adapted to contact and maintain sliding frictional engagement with the spring 19.

It will readily be seen from inspection of Figure II that the friction of projection 21 sliding along spring 19 will retard the rotative movement of the arm 15 about pivot 16, the spring exerting a pressure on projection 21 against pivot 16 and cause said arm to remain in any desired position, especial-1y closed position. Thus, when the device is closed for carrying in the pocket of the user the arm 15 will be held by this spring and frictional action closed up in the body 10 as shown in Figure V, with the V-shaped knife 14 entirely surrounded by the casing and will not tend to open up until such adjustment to the position of Figure II is desired by the user. The spring 19 also takes up wear on pivot 16.

Thus, there is no spring acting to either open up or close the cutting device, the spring 19 holding the arm 15 in any adjusted position, but the shape of the extension 21, however, is made to hold the cutter arm 15 in closed position, but also acts to hold the blade open as shown in Figure I.

The arm 15 is also provided at the fulcrum and with an integral extension 22 carrying a handle or eye 23 for attaching the device to a key-chain, or as an added means for moving the arm to adjusted position.

It is apparent that within the scope of the invention, modifications and different arrangements may be made other than is herein disclosed, and the present disclosure is illustrative merely, the invention comprehending all variations thereof.

What I claim is:

A cigar clipper having a body portion including a pair of side wall plates, said plates being substantially reversed duplicates one of the other, a connecting base and an open top; a pivoted arm located within said side Walls adapted to extend through said top, said arm forming a closure for one edge of the clipper when said arm is in closed position; a pin adjacent one end forming the pivot for said arm, said pin connecting said side walls together at said end; a V-shaped cutter carried by the other end of said arm; a frictional integral projection on said arm adjacent said pivot, said projection being offset from said pivot and located transversely of said clipper; another pin connecting said side walls near the opposite end of the body portion, and a leaf spring member located within said side walls bent upon itself to form long and short spring arms spaced apart, the short arm curved around and surrounding said pin, the curved arm of said spring member being bowed away from said base to form an arched resilient portion for said spring member, the long flat arm of said spring member frictionally engaging said arm projection on one side and the base member on the other side whereby said bowed portion of said short arm of said spring member acts on said flat long arm in contact with said offset projection to multiply the power of said short bowed spring portion to hold said cutter arm in open or closed position; and an operating handle on the end of said arm opposite said clipper.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 236,679 Kaufmann Jan. 18, 1881 242,690 Petzold June 7, 1881 274,714 Brown Mar. 27, 1883 445,509 Thayer Jan. 27, 1891 774,208 Stratton NOV. 8, 1904 

